Watch this at home if you can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBH25XxM-7g Trailer for the Into the Storm movie.

Integrated Curriculum: Natural Disasters (Wind)

Tuning in
What do you think you know about disastrous wind events? Write down 5 facts to share with the group.
What do you want to know about them?


Watch a brief video about cyclone Yasi http://splash.abc.net.au/media/-/m/31131/cyclone-yasi and briefly discuss the who, what, when, where, how etc.

Begin main activity:

In pairs, answer at least 5 of these questions. Investigate at least 3 additional questions of your own and report your findings to the group.

1. What names are given to the different types of windy natural disasters?
2. How do they occur?
3. Why are there different names for the same thing?
4. How do these storm types differ?
5. Where are they most likely to occur?
6. When are they most likely to occur?
7. What is the system called for measuring wind and how does it work?
8. What is the naming convention (system) used for these strong wind events? Ie How do they get the names for them?
9. Besides loss of life, what other effects do these winds have?
10. What are three examples from Australia?
11. What are three examples from another country?
12. How do you prepare for a storm like this?
13. How would your preparation, survival and aftermath be different from a bushfire or flood for example?

Put your findings on the X server in the Adam's Integrated – Wind folder.

Reflect on our findings. What have we learned? Did we achieve our goal?